Belle: Yeah.
Chad is cleaning out
DiMera enterprises.
We're gonna go and make sure
the business is legitimate.
And there's a very special
problem in Hong Kong
named Mr. Shin, so...
Chad wants me to relocate
for a while.

Shawn: How long?

Belle: Uh, I don't know.
A year, maybe?

Shawn: Well...bon voyage.

Belle: Wait, Shawn--

Shawn: Belle, you made this
huge decision and you didn't
even think about discussing it
with me first?

[Dramatic music]

Orpheus: The whole town
was smug.
How is it possible
that an entire city can have
nothing but smug people?

Clyde: Place hasn't changed
a bit.

Orpheus: Roman Brady.
The man shot and killed my wife
and can still act like I owed
him an apology.

Clyde: He hasn't changed
either.

Orpheus: I've waited 20 years
to wipe that smug grin
off his face.
Now he's just down the road.

Clyde: So close
and yet so far.

Orpheus: I'd take out roman
for Rebecca.
He'd have to be first.
But then?
Then...
I'd take out Marlena Evans
and john black.

John: [Panting]
You know...
you're either great for
my circulatory system,
or you're gonna kill me!

Paul: [Laughs]
Ah, don't play with me, old man.
You more than keep up.

John: Yeah, well, so do you.
Especially at black patch.
Hell of a pi, kid.
Now, listen.
I know you have some doubts
about the kind of work here.
But I never want you to doubt
your ability, okay?

Paul: Thanks.

John: And don't feel for a
second that you got to stay on
just because of me, okay?

Paul: No, no, I wouldn't.
See, I've been doing
some thinking,
and the truth is,
I mean, if you weigh the bad
things with the good...

Victor: And I can prove it.
That's why I asked you
down here.
I have something
I want to show you.

[Dramatic music]

Theresa: Oh!
You are just as restless
as I was, aren't you,
little man?
Here you go.
Okay, let's go to the--
you know what?
I heard what you did.
And there is no way in hell
I'm going to let you
get away with it.

Kate: I have no idea
of what you're talking about.

Theresa: Oh, the hell
you don't.
You know, I knew you were low.
I knew you could be
despicable, but--

Kate: Theresa,
it was nothing personal.
I didn't want to hurt you.
I am so sorry.

Theresa: Not personal?
You called me unreliable
and said I had to go back
to the drawing board.

Kate: What?

Theresa: You told Maurizio
at fashion week in Milan
and you blabbed
to "haute couture monthly"
that DJ wear didn't launch
because my designs
weren't ready.
You know that's not
why we were delayed.
I mean, how dare you
take advantage of what happened
to spread lies about me?

Kate: Actually, I had
nothing to do with that.

Theresa: Just don't start,
okay?

[Tate crying]

Kate: Theresa, I'm glad
that you and Brady
got your baby back.

[Cell phone rings]

Theresa: [Scoffs]
Yeah, what's up?
Well, I sent the mock-ups
last week.
Just tell frieders that
I'll call him directly.

Kate: [Softly] Hey, sweetie.
Remember me?

Shawn: Look, you know what?
This is great.
This is great.
I mean, how often does somebody
get an opportunity like this
so early in their career?

Belle: Shawn--

Shawn: Look, no, belle, I'm--
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud.

Belle: I tried to call you.
Check your messages.
I even went down to the station
looking for you.

Shawn: What, to tell me?

Belle: No, because I want
your blessing.
I mean, as great as this is,
my family does come first.
So can we please just--
let's just talk about this now.

Belle: No, actually.
I told her she could stay,
and I did get her to agree
to go to Salem U.

Shawn: Wow, that--that
must've been quite the battle.
You got skills, belle.
Well, this is good, then.
This is good, because then
I'm gonna be able to spend
more time with my daughter
and...
yeah, it's good.

Belle: No, it's not
like that.
She knows her grandparents
are gonna be watching over her.
Shawn, you know how much she
wants her parents together.
I know that this means you would
have to leave the Salem pd,
but there are so many
opportunities in Hong Kong
for private security
and cybersecurity.
And you said you weren't even
happy at your job.

Shawn: Belle, I thought that
we were gonna move back here
to start over in Salem
with our family,
with our daughter.

Belle: So that's a no?

Brady: How do you prove
that you didn't kidnap my son?

Victor: I found the real
kidnapper.

Brady: Who?

Victor: Titus drew.

Brady: The drug dealer?

Victor: The one that supplied
the drug used on Theresa.

Brady: Why would he kidnap
my son?

Victor: He's had
a longstanding grudge against
the Kiriakis family.
Felt his business--

Brady: I've never had any
dealings with this man, okay?
That's you
and apparently Deimos.

Victor: And who's
suffering now?
He pitted me and Deimos
against each other.
He turned you against me.

Brady: Don't you have coffee
with this guy all the time?

Victor: That's why the snake
agreed to meet with me.
I confronted him, and he
admitted to everything.

Brady: Out of nowhere?

Victor: He was encouraged
to talk.

Brady: By who?
Stavros, Nikolas?

Victor: I had him
dead to rights.
He's a low-level punk.
There's no way he could have
pulled off this sham
after we got onto him.

Brady: I'm gonna need
to see this creep.
Is he here?
Is he in the hospital?

Victor: I'll take you to him
right now.

Theresa: Well, there's
no point in me calling
until we track down--
uh-huh.

[Soft music]

Kate: Sorry to take you away
from your home, little one.
Just consider it training.
You're a Kiriakis.
You want this one?
Here you go.
Lauren's going to take
really good care of you.
You're gonna have
everything you need.
You're too young
to remember this.
Right, it's nothing like
with Billie and Austin.
I'm not trying to take you
away from your parents.
I'm not gonna let them think
you're dead.
You're gonna be home
before you know it.
That's really pathetic.
I hate that I'm doing this.
I hate it.
But I hate Victor and Deimos
more.

Theresa: Yeah, I'll take care
of it first thing
in the morning.
Thanks.
He should be screaming
his little head off.
He's not comfortable
around strangers anymore,
so why is he all right
with you, of all people?

Belle: Listen, I know this is
bad timing and it's really fast
and it's really hard to move
just to support me.

Shawn: Well, you did.
You came to Maine for me.

Belle: Yeah,
and when I got there,
I made a lot of bad decisions.

Shawn: And I was nowhere
to be found.
Let's don't do that again.

Belle: Okay.

Shawn: You know, one of
the things that I did learn
is that I need to pay more
attention to the things
that you want.

Belle: Listen, I don't want
you to feel hostage to me.

Shawn: Belle, I don't.
I don't.
I'm--I am proud of you.

Belle: And I love you.
And I would never again--

Shawn: I know.
I know.
That's--
lookit, that's not what I mean.
Look, why?
I just--

Belle: [Sighs]
You know how long the DiMeras
have tortured my family...
and yours.
And this feels like the first
time in my entire life
that they could finally
be neutralized,
that they could become
not just harmless
but good.
And I could do that.
I mean, it feels like why
I went to law school--
to be ready for right now,
this moment.

Shawn: That's big.

[Cell phone ringing]

Belle: [Sighs]
[Clears throat]
[Sniffles]
Hey, Chad.
I thought we were gonna talk
tomorrow or the next day.
I, uh--
I don't know.
I...
yeah, let me call you back.
Uh...
that was Chad.
He said that there's a deal
to be brokered
in Hong Kong right now,
so if I'm gonna take the job,
I have to leave tonight.
I need to call him back
and give him an answer.
You just say the word, Shawn,
and it's off.
What should I tell him?

Brady: You killed Titus?

Victor: Titus attacked me.
Stavros tried to pull him off.
They got into a big fistfight.
Titus pulled a gun.
Stavros had to take him down.

Brady: I want to see him.

[Dramatic music]

Clyde: Well, look who's here.
Where the hell you been?

Xander: Did you miss me?

Clyde: Oh, something awful.

Xander: See, I'm just not
social like you are, Weston.
Sometimes I need time to myself
to...think.

Clyde: About what you're
gonna do when you get
out of here,
like maybe open an orphanage?

Xander: [Sighs]
I've been thinking about
how satisfying it'll be
to get back at those...
little bitches.

Clyde: And which
little bitches would that be?

Xander: Nicole walker...
Theresa Donovan.
They are going to get
what they deserve.

Kate: Well, what can I say?
Babies and puppies love me.

Theresa: Hard to believe.

Kate: Theresa, what I said,
I'm--I'm glad that you have
your son back.
And I hope that you and Brady
and Tate will be happy together.

Theresa: Hey. Did the wicked witch scare you? Huh? Well, she was right about one
thing. We are going to be very, very happy together.

Shawn: No, listen, I do not--
I don't want to hold you back
again.
I--
I don't want you to stay
in Salem for me.

Belle: I'd be fine here.

Shawn: I don't--
I don't want you to be "fine."
I want you to be great.
Look, I want you to--
I want you to be going after
something that you love.
So go.

Belle: I won't let us end
over this.

Shawn: We're not gonna end.
Come on, it's one year, right?
It's a year.
We've been through much worse,
much longer.

Belle: [Chuckles]

Shawn: When you get back...
we'll see where we're at.

[Soft music]

Belle: [Sniffles]

Shawn: I want you
to knock 'em dead.
Okay?

[Dramatic music]

Clyde: About you getting back
at those, uh, "little bitches"--
you know it's not likely
to happen with you
hanging around
a prison waiting room.

Xander: They can't keep me
in here forever.

Clyde: You sure about that?
I mean, you are
a psychopathic murderer.

Xander: Alleged.
Attempted.

Clyde: [Laughs]

Orpheus: Let's go, gentlemen.
The transport van's here.

Roman: So Titus confessed.

Victor: My man Stavros
heard the whole thing.

Brady: That's--
that's pretty convenient.

Roman: We did a search
of Titus drew's last known.
We found travel information
for Lauren
and a payment trail
of every place they'd stayed.
So we can actually tie his
computer to the Chopin group.
Would've been enough
to convict him
without the confession.
Now, Victor,
need you to come down
to the station,
give us a formal statement.

Victor: I'll get there
as soon as I can.

Roman: Okay, appreciate it.

[Soft dramatic music]

Brady: I don't really know
what to say to you.

Victor: Sure, you do.

Brady: I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I accused you
of doing something so heinous.
And...
I had no right to think that,
grandfather, and I'm so sorry.
I should have believed you.
I didn't believe you.
I didn't believe a word
that you said to me.

Victor: Brady, you were not
in your right mind.
You've suffered enough.
We both have.
Let's move on.

Brady: [Sighs]

Victor: And if you need some
ways to show that you're still
having remorse,
I'll help you out there.
We can start with some visits
to my great-grandson.

Brady: [Chuckles]
Well, I can do that.
I can do that.
I'm sorry.

Theresa: Did I miss
something?

Gabi: Hey! How are you?

Paul: Hi. Gabi, hey.
What, are you doing some
last-minute shopping?

Gabi: Yeah,
I've been at it all day.
I'm styling a new client.
Are you preoccupied?
PI business?

Paul: You know, dad was
having someone tailed, and...
now that person turned up dead.

Gabi: Oh, my.
Um, is that good or bad?

Paul: I don't know.
Let's find out.

Gabi: Well, does that mean
that you get
to knock off work now?

Paul: Um, I suppose.

Gabi: Do you want to have a
drink before I have to run back
for bath and story time
and bedtime?

Paul: [Laughs] Sure.

Gabi: Okay. [Laughs]

Paul: Who's with, uh--
who's with Arianna now?

Gabi: Sonny.
You know, she just misses him
so much, and...
I'm just so happy
that he's here, right?
Isn't it great to have him back?

Shawn: Claire, it's not just
because of how things went down.
I...
listen to me, your mom
needs to take this job.
She needs to, and I just--
I'm just not sure that we're
at a place right now
where I can follow her out there
when I don't have a plan
of my own.
I--I mean, we just started
putting things back together.

Claire: So?

Shawn: So...
maybe things just aren't
meant to be.

John: All right.
[Laughter]
Enough with the mystery.
What's the--what's the occasion?

Belle: Well, I think mom
already knows.

John: Knows?

Marlena: Well, no, I didn't
know you'd decided for sure.

John: So you...

Belle: I am taking the job
in Hong Kong.

Marlena: Ah.
And is Shawn going?

Belle: Uh, no.

John: Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait a minute here.
Time-out.
What do you mean, you're taking
the job in Hong Kong?
Why would you--
how long you gonna be gone?

Belle: Uh, that,
I don't know.
Maybe a year.
But I'm going to help Chad
clean out DiMera enterprises.

John: [Scoffs]
Well, that's gonna take longer
than a year.

Belle: Well, the Hong Kong
part may not take
longer than that.

John: Yeah, right.
All right.
So when you leaving?

Belle: Tonight.

John: What?

Marlena: What?

John: You--

Belle: No, I just found out
about that part.
But yes, Chad has the jet
fueled and ready for me.

John: Well--
and Claire?
What's going on there?

Belle: Claire's gonna
stay here,
and she agreed to go to Salem u,
so I'm really hopeful that's
gonna give her some structure
and make her rethink
her career choice.

Marlena: I'm not sure
I would count on that.

Belle: No, but she'll be
around people her own age, so...
you two will watch after her,
right?

John: Yeah.
You can count on that.

Marlena: Absolutely.
Of course we will.

John: I'm--
I'm sorry.
You know, I'm really sorry
about this whole thing
with you and Shawn.
I...

Belle: Yeah, me too.
To new beginnings.

John: Yeah, to our beautiful
and our brilliant daughter.

[Glasses clink]

John: Come here, Tink.
I love you.

Belle: I love you too, Dad.

Marlena: I love you more.

[Laughter]

Theresa: Victor,
I'm so sorry.
And I'm really grateful to you
for finding the real kidnapper.

Victor: I'd do anything
for Brady and Tate.
They're family.

Brady: We're all family.
Where is Tate, by the way?

Theresa: Oh, um,
I took him home.
Emma told me that you guys
were here.

Victor: I'd love to see him.
Seems like it's been ages.

Theresa: Well, you could
see him tomorrow
at the wedding.

Victor: You're inviting me
to the wedding?

Theresa: Well, I mean,
it would mean a lot to Brady.
Yes?

Brady: Yeah, it would.

Theresa: And like you said,
you're family.
So should I set
another place setting?

Victor: No.
Oh, I'll come to the wedding
but on one condition.

[Dramatic music]

Claire: Seriously?
You and Mom, not meant to be?
You are literally in the
dictionary under "meant to be."

Shawn: Oh, come on.
You know better than that.

Claire: No, no, you two
are like the greatest
love song ever.
You remember Munich?

Shawn: What?

Claire: We were all in Munich
at an outdoor cafe,
and there was a band.

Shawn: Yeah.
You remember that?
You were so young.

Claire: Yeah, well, you and
mom started singing along,
in German.

Shawn: Which we didn't
even speak, by the way.

Claire: Which didn't
stop you, you know.
You guys were--
you were laughing and you were
singing nonsense and...
then you looked at each other,
and...it was everything.
You were the music.
I'll spend my whole life
looking for that look.

Shawn: Look, honey...
sometimes that's just not
all that matters.

Claire: I don't know.
Are you sure about that?
Also, that happened not here.
You guys were great adventurers
together.
Why would you ever
want that to stop?

[Soft music]

Victor: I understand you're
planning on having this joyous
occasion at city hall.

Theresa: Uh...

Brady: We wanted simple
and fast.

Victor: Well, how about
you use the mansion instead?
I don't know about simple,
but we've certainly had
some quickie weddings there.

Theresa: I thought
the mansion was gone.

Victor: Well, it's all
in the family.
Deimos has asked Maggie and me
to move back in.
He's agreed that we can
hold the wedding there,
and he'll even disappear
for the day.

Brady: When the hell did you
have the time to clear all that?

Victor: Well, I knew you'd
change your mind after you
heard about Titus,
so I pre-planned.
That house needs a good wedding
every few years.

Theresa: Yeah, but it's
so soon.

Victor: You had a theme
picked out for city hall
and we're ruining it?

Theresa: No, no, I mean--
no, I--I just...
I don't know.
Brady, what do you want?
I mean, you lived there
for years.

Brady: Tell Maggie to start
making some bows.

Theresa: [Laughs]
But not too big, though.

Victor: Maggie will
be thrilled.

John: Worst....party...ever.

Marlena: What is wrong
with us?

John: Our daughter
is leaving town again, doc.

Marlena: Yeah.
You know what?
Brady's living his dreams.
To Brady and Theresa.

John: To Brady.
I'm getting there.
I know she makes him happy
and she's...
trying to be a good mom.

Marlena: Okay.
I'll take that for right now.
To our rip-roaring wedding.
Isn't that what you promised me?

John: Oh, yeah,
I haven't forgotten.
I'm just working
on a few things right now.

John: Oh, come on.
Doc.
What would a wedding in Salem be
without a little...surprise?

Paul: I know Sonny's happy
to see Ari again.
She'll always be his daughter
in his mind.

Gabi: That's not
what I meant.

Paul: I know.
[Chuckles]
Look, Sonny and I
will always be friends.
And I'm happy for that.
So you're styling now?

Gabi: Yeah.
Sonny actually suggested
I help Chad.
He--he needed a new look
for many reasons.
After Abigail, things
kind of fell apart,
and now he's got
a new thing with work.
I don't know.
We'll see.
I mean, if--if I'm good at it,
then yes, maybe I'll be
an image consultant.

Paul: [Laughs]
Well, the hours have to be
much better than modeling.
I remember you were always
the last one out the door.

Gabi: Well, that's because
you were right there with me.
How's, um--how's working
with your dad?

Paul: I like it.
You know, we found each other
late in life, so it's great
to spend any time we can.

Gabi: Yeah.
It felt like that with, um,
Eduardo too.
But now he's gone again.

Paul: I'm sorry.

Gabi: You know, it's not
his fault this time.
He was just trying
to protect us.
Had some threats from his past.
And, you know, after the
kidnapping last winter,
he just didn't want
to take any chances.

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